Random House and EA announced today that Dante Alighieri’s epic poem, Inferno, will be republished bearing the game’s hero as the book cover.

According to Kotaku, the Inferno bit of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s translation of The Divine Comedy includes an introduction from the game’s executive producer Jonathan Knight, along with a “a 16-page, full-color art insert showcasing the evolution of characters and environments from the classic poem to the video game”.

The book’s slated to land on shelves January 19 with the game hitting 360, PS3 and PSP on February 5.

Visceral released a new dev diary earlier, showing off the Fraud circle of Hell which you can check out here, in case you missed it.